Monitoring Drinking Water With Satellites, Drones, and Robots

[Robert]

Researchers creating warning system for toxic algae in lakes

Satellites in space and a robot under Lake Erie's surface are part of a network of scientific tools trying to keep algae toxins out of drinking water supplies in the shallowest of the Great Lakes.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wire...

[Brian]

Fascinating... and hits close to home for a Michigander! ;-)

[Robert]

The algae toxins are nothing personal, the algae just doesn't want other types of algae competing for the same space. It is as careless as we are about going overboard in the range of targets that are affected by it's attempts to control it's environment. Since the algae came first, it would be appear to be a case of us imitating life.